The apex court have refused to entertain clutch ofpetitions seeking enquiry into the violence during the farmers' tractor paradeon January 26. The Supreme Court allowed the petitioners to withdraw their pleas.
SA Bobde, the Chief Justice of India, orally observedthat the government is already looking into the matter. He said, "We aresure that the government is enquiring into it and taking appropriate action. Weread a statement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Press that Law will takeits own course. So the government is already investigating it."
When the counsel said that both sides will not be heard,the CJI stated, "You just assume it will be one sided? Of course bothsides will be heard, that is how an investigation works."
Another Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that soughtprotection of common men and police officers during protests was not heard bythe court and the court said same order issued in other cases- allowing thesending of representatives will apply in this PIL as well.
While other petitioners sought inquiry by NIA, CBI orjudicial inquiry in the sequence of events that took place during the tractorparade on Republic day.
One of the pleas filed by Vishal Tiwari sought setting upof a three member inquiry commission under former judge of Supreme Court andcomprising of two retired HC judges.
Similarly, Advocate Manohar Lal Sharma also filed a pleaseeking a direction to concerned authority and media not to declare farmers'terrorists' without any substantial evidence.
The Supreme Court refused to entertain the pleas whilethe implementation of laws have already been put on hold by the court sinceJanuary 12.